Mapping existing hip and knee replacement registries in Europe

A general shortage of clinical evidence supporting the use of many medical devices has been highlighted following the serious safety concerns with metal-on-metal hip replacements and silicone breast implants [1,2]. This has emphasized the necessity for improvement in regulation, science and public health policy [3 –5]. Improvement will depend on greater availability of high quality data for patients, clinicians, regulators, researchers and policy makers.

Source: Health Policy - March 17, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: A. L übbeke, A.J. Silman, C. Barea, D. Prieto-Alhambra, A.J. Carr Source Type: research